The mythology of the “Good Guy” American
The Power of Narrative
by Arthur Silber
02/20/07
One point is crucial: a critical part of our national mythology is the insistence on viewing our nation and ourselves as Americans in comparative terms. When we insist that we are uniquely ‘good’ and ‘virtuous,’ this logically necessitates a further conclusion: we are better than everyone else. We are ‘the Good Guys.’ The emphasis is not only on ‘Good,’ but on ‘the’: we are the Good Guys in a way that no one else is, or can ever be...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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by Arthur Silber
02/20/07
One point is crucial: a critical part of our national mythology is the insistence on viewing our nation and ourselves as Americans in comparative terms. When we insist that we are uniquely ‘good’ and ‘virtuous,’ this logically necessitates a further conclusion: we are better than everyone else. We are ‘the Good Guys.’ The emphasis is not only on ‘Good,’ but on ‘the’: we are the Good Guys in a way that no one else is, or can ever be...
http://tinyurl.com/2hzuu7
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arthur+Silber
rudkla - 21. Feb, 14:56
